prominence
prominence Lexical Profile
prominence Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The state of being important, famous, or widely recognized.
"The scientist rose to international prominence after publishing her groundbreaking research on renewable energy."
Something that projects or juts outward from its surroundings, especially a high point of land, cliff, or anatomical projection; in topography, the vertical height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contour line encircling it and no higher summit.
"Hikers paused on the rocky prominence to admire the sweeping view of the valley below."
A large, bright, gaseous feature extending outward from the surface of the Sun, often in a loop shape anchored in the photosphere and extending into the corona.
"Using a specialized solar telescope, the astronomy students observed a massive prominence arcing across the edge of the Sun."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 16th century from Latin prominentia, from prominent- ('jutting out, projecting'), the present participial stem of prominere, formed from pro- ('forward') and minere ('to project' or 'to stand out', related to mons, meaning 'mountain').